112 Norru Caroitina Troops, 1861-65.

miles west of Petersburg, while with the skirmishers of the
Forty-seventh Regiment holding the enemy back till the
handful of lLee’s army crossed to the north side of
the Appomattox river, thus placing a barrier between
them and the great host of Grant’s army, which was
then pressing him. After the Reams Station fight the
Forty-seventh, like almost all the Southern troops which
were on the south side of Petersburg, was engaged in a daily
battle, and often nightly ones, until the close of the war; some
of these was larger and heavier than others, and their names
are recorded in history, for instance “Davis’ Farm,” “Jones’
Farm,” “Burgess’ Mill,” “Battery 45,”’ southwest of Peters-
burg, and a number of other battles where many a brave man
fell. I wish it was so that I could meet some of those of
the Forty-seventh who were at the final scene when General
Lee surrendered, but I have met only two, Lieutenant J. Wil-
lie Jones, of Company I, and Corporal Rufus Sanders of
Company C, who are now living in Wake county. After
2 April the Forty-seventh had very few men but its organ-
ization was kept up till General Lee surrendered. On the
2d the Forty-seventh was bringing up the rear of Gen-
eral Lee’s shattered heroes and here it was that with the
larger portion of the remaining members of the Forty-
seventh I was captured. I had orders when placed in charge
of the skirmishers of the Forty-seventh Regiment on that day
to hold our position at all hazards. The enemy was never
able to break through my skirmish line, but it was completely
surrounded and we were captured by the enemy coming
from our rear. Gaston H. Mooneyham, a private of Com-
pany E, Forty-seventh Regiment, who is now living in Bar-
ton’s Creek Township, this county, was with me when I was
captured and stood manfully by me in this fight, the last
fight we made for the Confederacy.
J. Rowan Rogers.

Rateien, N. C,
9 AprIL, 1901.